Just last week, Netflix announced it may start charging customers extra for “account sharing”.

This could spell trouble for the 22% of adults who use streaming services (including Netflix) their parents pay for, our data shows. Do some quick math, and that 22% equates to roughly 72 million American adults. That could be why more families are looking at packages from cable tv providers, which allows for costs to be split — and provides better family bonding time compared with individual Netflix sessions.

Which other tech expenses do adults share with their parents?

Our research shows 54% of adults still share common tech expenses with their parents.

Here are some of the most common expenses adults share with their parents:

  • 30% phone plans
  • 28% home internet/WiFi
  • 18% cable TV
  • 22% of TV/Movie streaming services
  • 17% of streaming devices

You can read the entire report on adults sharing tech expenses with their parents, here.

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